We both got up a bit early this morning, if just by our
standards. And managed to stay in bed till near enough the usual hour without
much difficulty.
It was a lovely day out so we went out to get some coffee cake
and walked to the Rijksmuseum, stopping for breakfast along the way.
The Rijksmuseum
was really cool, despite being renovated currently; it still had many amazing
works on display.
After we had toured the Rijksmuseum we went back to the
hostel to chill. The hostel is attached to a bar/lounge. This is a good place
to relax and the food is 25% off if you’re staying at the hostel, which is good
cause they have great burgers. They also have great beer. For the duration of
my travels so far I have been drinking the cheapish local beer but today I
opted for the Leffe. Leffe is a Belgian wheat beer and, in retrospect, I think
I have tasted it before. Regardless it reminded me that there are really good
beers over here and I should be exploring them more. After chilling in our room
for a bit it was dinnertime and this time I tried some Hoegaarden. I have only
ever tried Hoegaarden once before, in first year, and at the time thought it
was terrible. The swill nearly made me sick. Now, a bit older and with a much
better grasp of beer it was good, if not as good as the Leffe. We had the
delicious hostel burgers and headed to our room for the night. We started
looking at some rail maps this evening to see where we want to go and how. The
main options seem to be staying up north and training to various places or
following the sun and heading south (likely via plane.) But these are questions
for tomorrow.
You mentioned heading back to "our room", what have your rooms been like? Do you and Pat usually have your own room(s), or a big room with approximately how many other people?
ReplyDeleteWe have been in the same room since booking together. Our rooms have been 6-8 person mixed dorms. THere are private rooms at some places but that is the pricier option.
ReplyDeleteHave you had problems with people being loud or snoring or coming in late?
ReplyDeleteUm, not really. Our current room is first floor and has a window to the street so it can get loud at times but ear plugs then to work well
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